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Hello guys, Badger here. I'm back with another chapter. I hope you lot are doing well. Thank you for 500 follows on this story. I swear it wasn't that long ago when I was thanking you for 400 follows. It is crazy how many of you enjoy the chapters I put out. Now, People seemed to enjoy the previous chapter and for that I am glad. I'll tell you this: College has only been over for a couple of days and I am already sitting around running out of things to do. Because of this, I decided to make a gaming Youtube channel. I've always wanted to and it will give me something else to do. However, having no money or video editing experience, will make it a difficult thing, but I like a challenge.

Anyway, we are now at chapter 60. Did any of you think the story would last this long. I didn't. I thought you guys would have gotten bored of it long before now. Seems I was wrong. That is all for now. Read on, enjoy and I'll see you at the end.

Chapter 60

A Dark Lords work is never done

Voldemort sat in his throne, as he overlooked his followers. At least, those who weren't locked up. He needed to act quickly. According to Antonin Dolohov, Crabbe and Rosier were caught, after Ministry workers discovered them to be Death Eaters and would be facing trial tomorrow. If rumours were true, they could possibly face the Dementors kiss or the Veil. It seemed the light weren't holding back this time. His eyes fell on Michael, who had his hand placed against the table, with a knife in the other and was tapping the blade of the knife on the table and trying not to hit his fingers, whilst he was singing a strange song to himself. He decided not to question the mans antics by this point. The doors to the room opened, where Snape walked in, his robes billowing behind him. The man then bowed to the Dark Lord, getting down on one knee.

"Ahh Severus" Voldemort drawled "I almost thought you weren't going to make it"

"I apologise my lord" Snape replied "I was delayed by Dumbledore, I would've arrived sooner if I could"

In all honesty, Snape wished he didn't come at all. He has spent a long time wondering why he joined the cause. As he looked at the Dark Mark on his arm, he struggled to think as to the reason behind it. What had he gained after taking the Mark? Nothing worth mentioning was his answer. As soon as Voldemort had returned, Dumbledore had him act as a spy, just like he did when he changed sides in the first war. Here he was, doing it again. Doing something he didn't want to do. Snape was so wrapped up in his thoughts, he almost missed Voldemort speak again.

"Hmm" The Dark Lord said "I'm sure, you may rise…now that you are here, we can begin…no doubt you have heard or seen things…the Ministry have been taking my return very seriously…because of this we need to act quickly…Avery, stand-up"

"Yes, my lord" A thin man, with long dark hair and a stubble, got out of his chair, looking a little worried

"You are friends, and business partners with Lucius, are you not?" Voldemort asked

"Yes my lord" Avery nodded, which is why Aurors had investigated his house a few days back, he was only just able to hide everything from being found

"Good" Voldemort smiled, as he leant back in his chair "As we all know, poor Lucius is currently on the run…I want you to find him and bring him here…he is important to the cause"

"I will do so, my lord" Avery bowed and left the room

"Now, on to more pressing matters" Voldemort continued "Dolohov, Nott, I'm sure you know what I am about to ask…there are many Werewolf colonies out there, I want you to recruit them to our cause, their strength will certainly help us"

"Yes my lord" The two men bowed, before they too, left the room

"The rest of you…you have a special task" Voldemort said "In the Ministry, there is a room known as the Department of Mysteries, after hearing part of a prophecy regarding me and Potter, I believe the rest of it will be found there…your job will be to bring it back here…Michael will be in charge of you all…I hope you won't disappoint me"

Nothing more needed to be said. The glow of his crimson eyes told them all they needed to know.

James woke up with a small jolt and almost had a heart attack, when he saw Jinx standing over him, looking at him with those big eyes of hers.

"Jinx…" He yawned "Don't scare me like that"

"Jinx is sorry kind master" Jinx replied "But you need to get up…the new students will be up soon and you need to do your duties…Harry and Daphne are outside waiting for kind master"

"Okay, thanks for letting me know Jinx" James said, as he got out of bed "I'll be out in a moment"

"Jinx is glad to see kind master is better" Jinx spoke up "Jinx doesn't like seeing kind master so angry and upset"

The small House Elf then disappeared with a small pop, making James smile slightly, as he continued to get dressed. After pulling on his robe, he left the dorm room, where he found Harry and Daphne talking on one of the sofa's.

"Could have woken me up Harry" James said, as he approached

"Well, you looked so peaceful I didn't want to disturb you" Harry smirked

"Whatever" James rolled his eyes "Normally prefects are supposed to show the First Years to the Great Hall, but we only have two this year…so shall we get going"

"Yes, lets" Harry nodded, before the trio left the Common Room.

The Great Hall was already full of students enjoying breakfast when the trio entered. Harry could feel Umbridge burning holes in his soul. He wasn't sure what her problem was, but she looked at him, like she wanted to drag him down to the dungeons, dissect his body and use his insides for potions ingredients. He wasn't looking forward to Defence this year. They sat down at the Slytherin table, where they were soon joined by Tracey Davis and Daphne's younger sister Astoria.

"Hey sis" Astoria said

"Astoria" Daphne greeted "What do we owe the pleasure"

"Well we haven't hung out in a long time" Tracey shrugged

"Probably because you're minor characters" James replied, as he put some pancakes on his plate

"What?" Tracey asked

"Ignore him" Daphne rolled her eyes "We can always hang out…things just got in the way"

Tracey nodded, as Snape made his way over with their timetables for the year. He handed Harry's and James' timetables last, with a small nod. Harry looked at his timetable, to see it was normal like the others, except for two periods during the week that were labelled: P.L. Harry looked to James who gave him a nod, signalling that his read the same.

"What is it?" Daphne asked, noticing their exchange

"We'll tell you later" James replied, putting his timetable in his pocket

Daphne's eyes narrowed in slight suspicion, but nodded. Across the Great Hall, Umbridge continued watching Harry and James, with hate in her eyes, as she rubbed her hand against her arm.

"I understand your concerns Sirius, but it isn't the right time" Dumbledore said

Before the next Order meeting, Sirius had demanded to speak to him. It seems Sirius has had enough with keeping secrets from Harry.

"I beg to differ Dumbledore" Sirius replied "If anything, it's the perfect time to tell him…Harry deserves to know why Voldemort is after him…he won't forgive us for keeping it from him, if it wasn't for the oath I had to take I would've told him immediatley"

"There is no need to exaggerate Sirius" Dumbledore sighed "When the time is right, I will tell him…Harry will understand my reasons for keeping it from him"

Sirius growled, before he opened the door to join the others, but before he left, he had one last thing to say.

"You are playing a dangerous game Dumbledore…you better tell him and soon…if you don't, I fear one of us is going to get ourselves killed"

Done. What did you guys think?

We had another moment with Voldemort. It seems he has a lot of work on his hands: find Lucius, free his followers and get the prophecy. Let's hope he chooses to kill himself, due to boredom.

I think my favourite moment is the meta moment in the chapter, where James calls Tracey and Astoria minor characters. In all honesty, I completely forgot about them. Jinx too. As well as set up future plot points for future chapters, this chapter also acted as a way to give a few characters I forgot about a chance to shine. I hope you understand, with all the ideas in my mind, some things get forgotten for a while. I hope you guys forgive me.

Anyway, one last thing before we go. I'm sure you know what it is by now:

QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER - Considering everyone knows that Voldemort is indeed back, do you think the D.A will happen in this story, or something similar to the D.A? (If yes, do let me know how you think it will happen).

That is all for now, I hope you enjoyed and I will see you in the next one.

Badger out.